The Irish standard., 1887-07-16
ali Mall Gazette remarks, an Irishma

be, never loses touch with the Irishmen
at home Even when the Irish settle
in the American Republic, under a diff
ferent political system. they keep up
far closer relations with their mother
isle than Englishmen Or scotchuen in
British colonies cultivate with Great
Britain. If. therefore, Ireland is CO.
creed, the resentment is felt all round
| the world, and IN proportion as the
Nationalist sentiment is provoked IN
Ireland exactly in that proportion does
Britain raise up for herself bitter enc
mics ia every colony she possesses.
England cannot cOerce Ireland into
submission and brotherly kindness at
! the same time. ard as the ties W.tlcl!
should unite the empire are based upon
sympathy and kinshlp the conversion
Of the sympathy of any considerable
section of British subjects in the COLO
MES into bitter. hate will, if nothing
else, be fatal blow to all hope Of I'M
peria} federation The Gazette which
vat ct.es very closely the drift Of cur
rent opinion, concludes It's article on
the subject thus:
'SWin the Irish of Canada o. Of Aus
trulia lock with favor upon draw ing
closer the bonds between the colonies
and that mother country which is SO
| unnaturally a steplnotiler to ireland ?
Obviously not. And when war comes
and il is The nterest OF our colonies to
sever themselves from the risks OF the
country, and when only ardent loyalty
and q sense Of kinship prompt the close
alliance between England and her
children beyond the sea, we shall lind
; in every distant center those VII, have
been driven by oppression to hate the
country Wllict, needs their help, and
| who will llse all their intiuence to in
duce the colonies to declare their indie
pendence. Thus, for the >fake Of IN
dulging Our arbitrary temper III one
island, we are filing the world With q
class Of coonists who will be constant
centers OF anti English propaganda, a
permanent source OF weakness to the
empire and an absolute bay TO any real
imperial union.'
This, no doubt, is the most powerful
factor III bringing about the change
stated in the cablpgIam, but it is only
one Of the many reasons The Tory
Government has administered the af
fairs Of the country III d very weak
manner. and as q natural consequence
has not inspired the English people
with any degree OF confidence. Cow
arllica is not a Qualilicat ton OF govern
unents that commands the admiration
Of I.nylislmen generally. aDd unduubt-
eily Salisbuly's ministry in tnls re-
spect is entitled to the colsteDpt OF the
people. The adverse vote the Salisbury
Government met with last week was a
shock to the Tory leader, but it did not
surprise any one who has paid close at
teution to the bu1lgling cf Renry
Mathews and Bloody Halfo't. Coming
events cast their shadows before them,
and the rebuff administered TO The Tory
| Government last week only WArls shtu
| what they may expect i'll tue future.
| AS SOON as the Coercion bill becomes
/ law, if it ever does i}ec0me law. the TN
holy alliances betAeen The Liberal
Jujonists and Tories will be practically
at an end, Hatred of Ireland and love
of her landlord garrison is the mystic
thread that binds them together. and
that severed disintey2ration must ne
cessariiy follow. The strain upon the
s;cornbination fnr the past six months
has been something terrible. With no
principle in common, with no lofty na
tional purpose iii sight, the foes Of lre-
land have p}oughed through the dull
mire OF coercion, looking neither to the
right nor to the left, needing not the
warnings Of those Oh the banks, taking
no note CT the evident disgust OF the
country. With their teeth firmly set.
their eyes closed to the plain facts
about them. and with the desperation
OF castaways, they have pushed thel1
stels to the coveted mound OF COERCION,
10 find it only sand heap. itmust DE
a relief to those men VINO were ia>bet'
and goaded during the weary march to
get chance to vote as they believe and
to show some spark of Inan]iness and
independence.
The lack of competent leadership in
the Tory party has alienated thousands
OF intelligent supporters nt the Govern
maut. Iii selecting (|'e cabinet no at
tention whatever was paid to tie quail
ticaJions of men for the position. Bal
four was taken into the cabinet because
he was q nephew Of the prime minister ;
Mathews because he was what he
should not be-a Catholic Tory.
| Neither was fit for the place assigned
him. Balfour has failed ignomlnionsly,
and his failure has been so glaringly
palpable that an assistant was given
him whose duty it is to answer ques-
tions relative to the government OF Ire
land. Mathews has had nothing OF 1n1-